Rebel Without Cause: Interpreting Teen Angst Cause

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Rebel without a cause is a 1955 American drama movie depicting teen angst theme.. It has in focus a troublemaker teen, Jim Stark, whose broken family moves with him from town to town without being settled. He is not accepted by the gang teens of his school and the toughest one , Buzz, challenges him in a deadly race. The race resulted fatal for Buzz. After that, Jim falls in love with Buzz's girlfriend, Judy, and creates a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato. Troubles begin when the gangs try to kill Jim, supposing that he called the police for the deadly race with Buzz.
The film was directed by Nicholas Ray , screenwriter is Stewart Stern and cast is James Dean (Jim Stark), Natalie Wood Judy) , Sal Mineo (Plato), Jim Backus, Ann Doran,